B2 - Sunday, March 13, 1983 - North Shore News

THEIR LAP OF HONOR was a bit wet, but for Team Captain Lynn Forward, holding trophy, and her teammates
from the Division 6 West Van Whitecaps it was a happy run. Jenny Hall scored two goals for the team who won the
North Shore District Championships in a 3-2 comeback win over the Lynn Valley Falcons last weekend.

Photo submitted

Masters classic downhill

Would be
_ arise -
Murrays - here's your
chance. A recreational team
downhill for adults only on a
gentle slope at Whistler has
been jointly announced by
Whistler Mountain Ski
Corporation and _ Labatt
Breweries of British
Columbia. The Labatt’s
Masters Classic Downhill
will be held March 25 and 26
on Faan-tastic Run on the
north side of the mountain,

downhillers

says John Creelman,

would be Dave Director.of Marketing- for

the mountain.

The format of the Labatt's
Masters Classic will em-
phasize a team rather than
individual effort. The teams
consist of one person over
35, one woman (can be the
same person) and two other
adult racers, only one of
whom can be an active racer
in this season. Winners will
be determined by the team’s
fastest combined time.

Information and entry
forms are available at C-Fox

Abominable and Canski Ski
shops.

Sorry Tiffany

We goofed on Wednesday
when we identified the
young skater on Page BI as
Stephanie Lariviere when in
fact it should have been
Tiffany Edwardson.

So many skilled and
graceful young athletes
caused us to lose our con-
centration. '

Our apologies.

Phot submitted
ALL LINED UP and ready to go, this novice precision team from the Vancouver Skating Club, which consists of
many North Shore Skaters, are ready for London, Ontario in April where they will be competing, along with their

Junior team in the Canadian championships. The novice team bs coached by Elise Patz and the Juniors by Bryce
Swemam.

Pegasus shows strength

As the Industrial Soccer
Leaguc winds down their
regular season we find the
Pegasus “Old Boys” are truc
to form with previous years.
they get tough with age
The 3 1 victory over Trev
Jones Excavating, last
Sunday, gives them a 5-2-1
sccond half record with one
game left) before the
playoffs, and a chance to
finish second Goofy’s Placc,
who clinched first place (wo
weeks ago, have been lying
back a little but) wouldn't
allow Lynnwood Hotel then
first win holding them to a 2
2 tic

North Shore Darkroom
ueprised the North Shore
News with three unanswered
goals in the first five minutes
of play It was too much too

soon for the News to come
back ip the 85) minutes
remaining The match ended
ima 42 win for Darkroom

In other games that day
SCD Warchouse downed the
North Shore Chicfs 3} 1 and
second) place Scandicralt
had no probicm with Rive
Brothers landscaping
defeating them 4 atl
Playoffs start at noon ocat
Sunday at Mahon Park

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This week. Bobby
Lenarduzzi, the ‘veteran’ of
the Whitecaps and the only
player in the professional
game to have played every
Posttion as a pro, talks about
the need for the players to be
thinking about his future and

keeping his feet on the
ground.

Bob, a North Shore
resident, should establish a

record this season as the
player with the most service
in’ the North American
Soccer League.

By BOBBY LENARDUZZI

When I was just 15 I went
to Reading in Engiand to
play professional soccer. It
was one of the most exciting
moments of my life when I
realized I was definitely
going.

At that time, 12 years ago,
it seemed that | was set for
life. Nothing could stop me.
The whole worid was out
there and I would fill my part
of it with soccer. There was
fo end in sight.

My Mom and Dad, while
pleased to see me able to do
so well with what I wanted
most in my life, tried to
convince me to. take
correspondence courses
when I was in Engiand.

They were concerned
about my formal academic
schooling ending at such a
young age. But I knew
better.

Today, my one regret is
that I didn’t follow up on my
parents’ advice.

At 27 years of age, I
consider myself one of the
most fortunate of people. 1
play regularly, I have the
distinction of having played
every position on the field as
well as all kinds of club and
league records. And I know
that I've gota few good years
left.

But in spite of at all, Pm
now al an age where | know
the end to my playing will
come.

In fact, if you compare the
career of a pro athlete with
almost any other of the
professions, the athlete's life
span seems incredibly short
A doctor, an accountant, a
Clerk in an office - they can
Stay at their chosen careers
at least until they are 65
Show me an athlete who can
say the same

And with sport, a carcer
can end with a bad game or a
severe injury with a matter
of seconds. Then where are
you?

Over the years that I've
played, I've known players
who have been able to look
ahead and plan for their

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Planning

future, so that when the
playing stopped, they knew
exactly where they were
going, and in many cases had
already started on that path
while they were still active
on the field.

I've also known the
players, and they were the
greater numbers, who
couldn't see past the next
game. They didn’t want to
look ahead for their future,
because in some ways, they
were scared of facing up to
the end.

These were the players,
who, like me, had started
young and who had never
given a thought to the end
until they were there. They
didn’t know what to do and
they were frightened.

In one sense, I guess it’s
almost like being in school
and having such a good time
that you don’t have too much
time for the books. You
know that someday you'll
have to settle down and
Study, but that’s stall a long
way off.

Then suddenly it’s on top
of you and it’s almost too
late.

Nobody likes that feeling
and that’s why I am now
trying to plan for the end of
my playing days.

Because [ve been so
involved with the sport I
love, I'm still not too sure
what I want to do when I
finish.

Since I am _ somewhat
interested in marketing,
promotion and business, my
wife Deanne and | are taking
marketing Courses at British
Columbia Institute of
Technology, We're trying to
plan our future so it can be
as much fun as the present.

My parents were able to
see down the road when |
was young. They had come
up through some pretty hard
times, including moving a
family to a completely new
country.

They had seen the need to
plan and prepare. But of
course at 15, I didn’t. At 15
your parents don't always
scem so smart. But it’s funny
that as we get older, they
scem (o get smarter.

I've been fortunate that
my career hasn't ended Not
everyone gets to play as long
as | have. But what I have to
do now is make up for some
lost Ume when I) was
younger.

Deannc and I are planning
for the future. Fortunately,
it’s never too late to start

But if | had listened to my
parcnts 12 years ago, I'd
probably be a lot farther
along with my plans than |
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